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Graded (Electrotonic) Potential
Fig. 12.10
Graded(Electrotonic) potential
• Arises mainly in dendrites and soma.
• Ligand-gated or Mechanically gated channels
• Decremental (non-propagating) conduction
• Amplitude depends on stimulus strength (1-50 mv)
• Duration longer than Action Potential
• Hyperpolarizing or depolarizing
• No refractory period
• Temporal / Spatial Summation.
Function:
1. Higher cortical functions; thinking, solving problems, retrieval…etc
2. Seeing all the mixed colors.
• The Compound AP